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“You’re doing all the work, selling your own merch, but they’ll still come at the end of the night and take 25 percent. For what?!” UK metal band on the cusp of breaking up detail the ludicrous costs of touring in the 2020s

From carnets to bus hire and visa applications that may be declined anyway, Svalbard’s Serena Cherry sounds off on the mounting costs that are making touring unsustainable

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“Think of it as the metal version of Goodbye by the Spice Girls!” Leading lights of the UK underground Svalbard have just released their final song

The four-piece’s farewell UK tour kicks off on Wednesday

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“The more successful we become, the lonelier it gets”: Why your favourite British metal bands are breaking up

UK metal beloveds Svalbard, Orange Goblin and Ithaca will all split in the coming months. Their reasons why hint at a grim future for the country’s alternative artists.

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The secret lives of polar bear families

Despite being the largest land carnivore and a top Arctic predator that can weigh over 600 kg, polar bears start off surprisingly small. Blind, almost hairless, and weighing just 600g at birth, cubs are born in maternity dens under the snow. These snow caves keep newborns warm and safe for…

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A video of GitHub's extraordinary deep-freeze archiving project has emerged — millions of projects were saved on 02/02/2020 and there's a good reason why that date was chosen

Arctic Code Vault, containing GitHub repository snapshots, is located in a decommissioned coalmine in Svalbard.

TechRadar

Polar bears, melting glaciers – and a blues festival: my wild week on Svalbard

It’s one of the world’s northernmost communities, but as well as profound natural beauty at its heart is a lively hub full of Norwegian cheer

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Where are the best places to see the Aurora Borealis?

Our guide to the most spectacular places to see the ethereally beautiful Aurora Borealis, from North America to Scandinavia

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The world’s biggest, tallest and most extreme hotels

From the heights of Dubai’s skyline to the depths of Snowdonia’s slate mines, here are the hotels hosting in the extremes

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Sea of methane sealed beneath Arctic permafrost could trigger climate feedback loop if it escapes

A sea of migrating methane discovered below the permafrost in Svalbard may eventually escape its icy prison if the permafrost continues to thaw due to climate change.

LiveScience

Watch daredevil kayaker achieve record glacier waterfall drop

It was ‘like kayaking on another planet’ says elite kayaker Aniol Serrasolses about his extreme paddling exploits in in the Svalbard archipelago

Advnture

"They’re both extreme, and they can be intimidating to an outsider." Svalbard made one of 2023's most personal and emotional metal albums. It was at least partly inspired by rollercoasters

Hammer spent the day riding the rails at Thorpe Park with self-confessed rollercoaster fanatic Serena Cherry to uncover the truth behind Svalbard's new album Weight Of The Mask

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Compatible seabirds may make better parents, but personality clashes can lead to family tragedy and 'divorce'

Is there anything worse than a disappointing first date? It is particularly disheartening when a potential partnership that had so much promise turns out to be one big personality clash. My team’s recent study suggests that other animals may also need to navigate personality clashes, or else face disastrous consequences…

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Barentsburg: the Norwegian town feeling the chill of the Ukraine war

Relations sour between Svalbard town’s Russian and Ukrainian communities while local tourism company is accused of being ‘arm of the Russian state’

The Guardian - UK

7 of the best Northern Lights holidays in Norway

Here’s how to watch the waltz of luminescent ribbons from cruise ships, mountain tops and snow hotels in northern Norway

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Why it may be time to stop using the polar bear as a symbol of the climate crisis

The warming planet is causing steep declines among some of the world’s 26,000 wild polar bears, but it is not universal and the picture is complicated, say experts

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Explained | India and the Northern Sea Route

The article explains India's involvement in Arctic cargo traffic is rising; 35% of 8 million tonnes of cargo handled by Murmansk port in first 7 months of 2023. India is interested due to vulnerability of region to climate change, potential hydrocarbon reserves, and UN Sustainable Development Goals. India has signed…

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The 10 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Corey Taylor, Tesseract and Svalbard are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite!

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ISRO, Norway and the ‘Svalbard mission’ of 1997

Norwegian Ambassador Hans Jacob Frydenlund’s visit to the ISRO headquarters last week offers an occasion to recall the challenging Rohini RH-300 MK-II mission which took place 26 years ago at Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

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Microplastics: we've found startling quantities in the ice algae that are essential for all Arctic marine life

Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, sea water and ice algae from large packs of floating ice called ice floes. These form 1–2 metre…

Reuters

Analysis-Fears mount for the Arctic as cooperation with Russia stalls

For nearly three decades, the Arctic Council has been a successful example of post-Cold War cooperation.

Reuters

Climate change thaws world's northernmost research station

At the world's northernmost year-round research station, scientists are racing to understand how the fastest-warming place on Earth is changing – and what those changes may mean for the planet's future.

The Guardian - US

Alarming levels of PFAS in Norwegian Arctic ice pose new risk to wildlife

Oxford University-led study detects 26 types of PFAS compounds in ice around Svalbard, threatening downstream ecosystems

The Independent UK

Spellbinding polar night gets darker in warming Arctic

At 10:40 a.m. on a day in January, two powerful beams of light from the Svalbard governor’s boat pierced the complete darkness of the mountain-fringed fjord it was sailing. It was carrying the children’s choir from this remote village’s church to visit an even more isolated Arctic outpost.

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Woman injured by polar bear on Norway’s Svalbard Islands

Authorities say a French woman has been injured when attacked by a polar bear in Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard Islands

The Independent UK

Polar bear killed after attacking French tourist on Norway’s Svalbard islands

The tourist was part of a camping group

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